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Is it going to surprise anyone to know that Donald Trump's lawyers just looked at New York State Court judge presiding over Donald Trump's criminal sentencing in the eye and lied to him about a major constitutional and statutory provision of federal law to try to avoid the sentencing? I'm Michael Popok.
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You're on Legal AF and the Midas Touch Network. Let me break it down for you. Emile Beauvais, a lawyer for Donald Trump, criminal defense lawyer in the Stormy Daniels hush money coverup case. That's the one where Donald Trump got 34 felony convictions, 12-0 from a jury in New York.
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The sentencing was delayed and delayed and was scheduled for the 26th of November. And then Tuesday happened. And as we expected, the lawyers for Donald Trump were going to try to throw a monkey wrench and avoid the sentencing. But in the letter that they just wrote, to the judge, the email that we just got a copy of,

Yes. Trump Is Already Violating the Law.

Trump is violating the Presidential Transition Act while using it as a cover to get out of sentencing in his New York criminal case
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Popok discusses Donald Trump's legal team’s recent corrupt tactics, particularly their attempt to avoid sentencing in the New York criminal case by citing the Presidential Transition Act of 1963—while at the same time Trump’s transition team is completely out of compliance with the very law he is citing to get out of sentencing. Shocker.

Popok explains that Trump’s lawyers argued to New York judge Juan Merchan that the Presidential Transition Act, along with his newly granted “absolute” presidential immunity from SCOTUS, should prevent Trump’s sentencing following his conviction on 34 felony counts. This law, originally created to ensure a smooth presidential transition after the Kennedy assassination, mandates protocols and ethics compliance that Trump's team is allegedly violating by rejecting federal transition support, as well as cybersecurity and transparency requirements, and as a result the Trump campaign keeps getting hacked by the Chinese, Russians, and Iranians.

Popok calls out the irony of Trump's lawyers invoking the Act as a legal shield while openly defying its provisions. It is time for some accountability for Trump and his corrupt team. Popok argues that the Manhattan DA should investigate these claims and hold Trump’s lawyers accountable for misleading the court.

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Caro's avatar

Just another thought, if Trump is breaking the law as a private citizen why isn't he in Jail, He has broken laws attached to his convictions.

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Heather.B's avatar

What the country needed right after Joe Biden was elected were tribunals that punished ALL of the MAGA coup actors with either prison, fines and expulsion from politics. That would have set the necessary precedent about what political behavior was acceptable and what wasn’t. But that’s not Joe. Biden believed in the goodness of Americans. He bet on the love of goodness and fairness to beat MAGA at the ballot box. But the plan did not work and now we are facing the consequences!

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Colleen Brady's avatar

Interesting that the Republican criminal is given a pass every day. President Biden accomplishments were greater than nearly any other President. STOP blaming democrats for what Republicans should have managed together. The cowardice from maga men is astronomical!

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DJT Luvsputin's avatar

They are dropping his convictions. Why add to them. He will pardon himself day one.

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Ellen's avatar

He can’t pardon himself for state crimes, though - only federal.

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Karen Parker's avatar

WHY is trump allowedto do whatever he wants? WHY?

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Lady Emsworth's avatar

Because nobody ever imagined a candidate for President of the United States would behave like Al Capone. He took his game plan from Capone - and learned the lesson about taxes. If Capone had stood on 5th Avenue and shot someone, he WOULD have gone to jail - and so would trump. Trump's legal disobediences are all hidden from view, and buried in legal jargonese that take years to dig through - and with judges like Aileen Cannon, and the Supreme court putting their thumbs on the scales, he gets a free ride. This thing about his team refusing to comply with required protocol - they put the protocols in place as a plan for what people should do - they never put anything in place to make sure people actually DID them! They expected people (especially people in those high positions) to behave like decent human beings.

Then trump came along.

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Karen Parker's avatar

Yes. BUT, I think if he's not going to comply, he needs to go away.....!

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Lady Emsworth's avatar

Well, a lot of us have thought that for a long time - but as November 5th showed us, not enough!

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AAA M's avatar

WELL SAID

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RESIST's avatar

I wonder if we will get to witness Valentine’s Day ?

How many holidays are there in a year and how many of them were hatched by Hallmark ?

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Jilda Nettleton's avatar

Because Republicans and the right wing media cover for him. Large swaths of the population doesn’t believe he’s committed crimes.

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Colleen Brady's avatar

That's MY QUESTION also !

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Pat's avatar
Nov 16Edited

Forgive my impatience, but what difference does revealing Trump's teams refusal to comply with required protocol make, if we aren't doing anything to stop them? That makes us look stupid or impotent or both!

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Lori's avatar

Right?? WHAT ACTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN AND WHO SHOULD BE TAKING THEM????? We KNOW he was elected in large part due to his lies and the news media’s amplification of them— People didn’t even realize what they were actually voting for. WHY CAN’T HE be HELD ACCOUNTABLE??

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Lady Emsworth's avatar

"WHY CAN’T HE be HELD ACCOUNTABLE??"

By whom? And how?

The transition protocols are laid down in law - but if trump and his team just ignore them - who is going to do what about it? take him to court? He's an expert in delaying tactics - and in two short months he'll be President.

Trump is the same as a kid in the supermarket screaming - he needs a good smack, but no one is in a position to give it to him. So he just carries on screaming - or helping himself to chocolates off the shelf, or runs riot through the produce aisle, knocking little old ladies off their feet as he goes. He's got his - what does he care about the rest?

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Marijane Mercer's avatar

Michael, Karen, Bret, Jordy....I NEED you in this time....I do not want to crash...you sustain my hope to save our BELOVED COUNTRY. Thank you all...in deep gratitude

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Ann Brig's avatar

If he is breaking the law, why is he not being arrested?

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Lady Emsworth's avatar

Have you ever watched any of trumps cases? He's an expert in delay - and in two short month's he'll be President.

Then - all bets are off.

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Ann Brig's avatar

But he can only be an expert in delay if we allow the delay! These judges should just say no, right?

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Lady Emsworth's avatar

Unfortunately, it doesn't work like that.

No, actually, NOT "unfortunately" - trump is subject to the same legal legal procedures as the rest of us. Those delays are checks and balances put in place to protect all of us. Take them away for trump - and you take them away for all of us.

Hitler just used to say - "You're guilty" - and the poor swine who had upset him was taken out back and shot. Wouldn't want that here - because if THAT regulation was in place - when trump became President, there would be an AWFUL lot of people taken out back!

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Caro's avatar

So why isn't President Biden doing something to stop him immediately. Through all of this the powers who be seem to have been sitting on their hands. Enough!

On another vein, please be careful and take care.

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Theresa Milstead's avatar

not president yet

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PeggyStuart's avatar

"Already violating the law?" When did he stop?

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Karenza's avatar

Trump has been allowed to evade accountability since Jan 6 - why do you expect he and his team to comply with the law when they already know that the current administration and justice system are too intimidated to stop them?

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Ginger's avatar

Actually Trump has been allowed to evade accountability since the day he was born.

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WisconsinZebra's avatar

As soon as the message came out that he wasn’t signing the transition agreement!

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Steve Mansperger's avatar

trump isn't President yet so how can he claim immunity.? You have to actually be President to be doing Presidential Acts.

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Steve Doll's avatar

Trump's lawyers need to be stuffed into a cell along with him. Highly compensated whores all.

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Lynn Court's avatar

They also are going to use a “private” company to do the required background checks instead of using the FBI

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Yves Riguet's avatar

A reoccurring problem with liars is that they lie about lying..

What Donald J. Trump needs is a big fat slap in the face in my humble opinion..

Any bully really need that before it is too late 😉

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DJT Luvsputin's avatar

I'm surprised no one has smacked Gaetz in his fat head. Jesse Watters falls in that category too...

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Mary Amoriello's avatar

Can someone do something about this? Seriously if you see this than why can’t other lawyers see this?

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Lady Emsworth's avatar

There ARE laws written to fix this. Any competent lawyer - or even a law school second year student - could quote you them.

However, laws take time to implement and reach court. and trump will be President in just two months.

So - he'll do what he likes. I'm just surprised his thumb isn't permanently stuck to his nose.

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Sandra Przybylski's avatar

Authoritarians are not transparent & do not follow the rule of law. It should be pointed out by Bragg that trump isn't following the federal legal process & until he does he's not a legal potus in transition. Furthermore he's not immune from a STATE case. Sentence him to prison or at least some confinement. or community hours. He's committed 34 felonies.

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Lori's avatar

Please- POPOK— Why do we know this if nothing is being done about it??

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Patty's avatar

Please realize that there is not law he can't break and get away with it. Please note, the people of this country have been brainwashed, undereducated, lied to, and scammed for years leading up to this.

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Tom Dundon's avatar

Thanks. Subscribed to the YouTube channels, subscribed to the MTN Substack, now looking at your Patreon categories.

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Terri Mac's avatar

I would like for all of Elon Musk's employees to just quit.

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DJT Luvsputin's avatar

Trump and his previous cabinet never used secure phones, including Ivanka. I always figured so Putin, China and Saudis had a clear line to what our government was up to during his time in office. Looks like the same malarkey again... this clown will once again have his orange greedy hands on every classified document he can sell or make deals with. This is the biggest fraud and con ever perpetrated.

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RR VNelson's avatar

Biden should never have allowed him to come to the White House until he was fully compliant. PERIOD.

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Debbie E's avatar

He isn't president yet. throw him in jail. Let him "rule" the prison cell block. I am still in shock that this felon, rapist, lying pos will be president in less than 2 months. Something is wrong with a society that elevates this unlawful, severely mentally ill person to the presidency. I truly feel like I'm stuck in a nightmare and can't wake up.

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Colleen Brady's avatar

Me too !

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Suzanne Hannahs's avatar

Let's hope this goes somewhere. Not holding my breath. 🙄

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Janin Paine's avatar

Trump continues to lie and break the law. We all know this. The question is what are we going to do about it? How are the Democrats going to engage people in a positive way? The people I know who voted for Trump say the economy will be fabulous now and it was terrible before or that they think the Democrats are one big corporate lobby or they are think the Democrats are infringing on people's civil rights and trying to control everyone or Kamala Harris slept herself to the top or other such nonsense. The Republicans captured the narrative. Complaining about Trump doesn't make any difference to them. Bernie Sanders was on the right track.

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PeggyJo's avatar

We are so screwed. How long will it take before it is unsafe for us to share our thoughts in comments like these?

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Lady Emsworth's avatar

Probably. . .Jan. 25th 2025?

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Carol Stayton's avatar

Let's start planning.......

11/15/1969

Millions march against the Vietnam War outside the White House

1969 An estimated 2 million people take part in the Vietnam War Moratorium Demonstration across the United States

https://www.onthisday.com/

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MommaDoc's avatar

It won’t never. We’re screwed by this bunch of clowns.

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sarahj63's avatar

If they do t sign then the transition should t happen

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Kimberlee Avery Wilkins's avatar

And will anything be done ? Probably not . He has been getting away with everything so far ! There is no god !

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Lady Emsworth's avatar

For all the people commenting on here "Oh! Oh! Why! Why!" -

Please take some comfort from the thought that you didn't vote for this piece of trash.

The ones I will feel sorry for are the the ones who DID vote for him - because his behavior over the transition, and his political appointment choices, are just the start of what is going to be a very unpleasant ride for us all - but mostly for the poor, unhealthy and disadvantaged. And a LOT of those actually DID vote for him - and they will be wailing "Oh! Oh! Why? Why?" when medicare, social security and FEMA funding disappear s into his billionaire friend's pockets. . .

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Lynne 💎's avatar

Waste of taxpayer money

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William's avatar

Tusi Gabbard totally unqualified for any job and a Putin butt kisser. She can take her really insincere “”Aloha” and shove it where Hawaii’s sun don’t shine. She’s a clown show and liar as well as Trump boot licker.

Jail Trump until the day before the inauguration at least he’s not president yet just President elect. Joe Biden should for a one time only declare Marshal law and arrest Trump and his gang of criminals but them in prison and then restore democracy back. Joe I’d be cool with this all under the circumstances.

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HungarianAgrarian's avatar

Put out your American flags at half mast.

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Terri Mac's avatar

That is a good idea. Need to come up with a plan to get the word out.

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Tam's avatar

Of course he's breaking the law, you've, or rather the majority of you have elected a criminal for a president. Now, we've had some really dubious monarchs in our time, we applaude the circumstances surrounding the creation of the U.S A., Britain benefitted from the knock on effects of that too, but it is also onvious that the president has no idea how to be a president, only a mob boss that has no mob but the U.S.A.

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HarmlessRN's avatar

If he cared about the people there would be more transparency. He should know that the people are uneasy right now.

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Janet L Ragusa's avatar

I ask for everyone to read the “FORTUNE “ ~ pay CLOSE ATTENTION to what it says about ‘ELON MUSK-y’

he has a WHOLE LOT more knowledge of “”” AI “”” than I believe anyone had realized.

THIS IS HOW TRUMP GOT ELECTED. JUST READ IT ALL.

ALL THE ARTICLES AND JOTS NOTES THEN ADD —> 2+2=

“ CROOKS “

This is what the “trumpers” VOTED for now have at it.

See how much EVERYTHING goes up!!!!! LIVE WITH IT

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Terri Mac's avatar

See how everything goes up? You mean like the cost of goods, fuel, food, mass unemployment, inflation, taxes, infrastructure decay?

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Janet L Ragusa's avatar

god! I want, NEED, to know too!!!!! trump is being SO BLOODY CRUEL to Biden!!! It hurts my heart for him. I don't know this, but I'm sure Biden is no angel, tell me true ----- who the HELL IS ???? He is basicly a GOOD MAN.

Ya know, my OTHER thought is (I'm sorry) = I have been taught that ( & use to believe it)

GOD DOES NOT MAKE JUNK.

Doesn't it say in the Bible, 'in the image of himself'? Plz don't send me to hell for typing this, Aren't "OTHERS" thinking the same? WELL, IF NOT! hell it is ... :( ...

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RESIST's avatar

Who is DT dietitian?

Something is dramatically wrong !

He’s no eating right !

Has to be something we’re missing!

I’d like to see him thrown in a swimming pool he’d have to boob to the top and just no way to sink !

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Baby420's avatar

My take on that is if you don't proceed in the process you can't be sworn into office. Forfeiting the Presidenty. End of story!!!! This shit him getting by with this shit has to stop some damn where!!!!

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Janet L Ragusa's avatar

11.29.2024

Ok, I am sick big time! RE: Just (I hate that word) What the Hell are 'WE the PEOPLE" going to do? Can we do ANYTHING or watch us go down the tubes? I read "somewhere" I'm all over the news like a street walker! Who do YOU think is "THE" WORSE? MUSKIE, TRUMP? = BOTH BECOME ONE! You'll think I'm crazy, maybe so, however that's for me to deal with. Thru to the bottom of my heart, I TRULY believe that trump was skimming the WH of EVERYTHING the entire time in his first (LAST?) term.

#1). I believe he and others took 2 trillion dollars. I have no idea why I FEEL SO STRONGLY & why 2 TRILLION? His BUDDY (who is the crooked ugly old man. Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin. He ALSO was caught (?) with billions of $ not his). With the two melted together, I'm sure, SOMETHING went on. Look at the deficit.

#2). What the "F", taking all those highly secretive DOCUMENTS? Got off.......with that charge.

#3). Here's the hard core belief I have. No evidence, I guess it's the SCORPION in me. The next two which have gotten hooked up (lol) melted into ONE!!! trump-muskie! If you really get into the aura of elon, HE IS THE TRUE SATAN, I first thought trump was - well, I'm a women and it's my 'prerogative'. He has trump TOTALLY involved in "SPACE". That's a good place for him to be, trump is 'space'- empty.

I read that PUTIN had said (no quotes) that he was proud of trump for his win. Well guess trump finally graduated from - what/where/why. HE CAN'T EVEN READ.

Well I'm done for tonite.....? THANKS for listening.

Now, Remember and Plz forgive me, I'm OLD and might repeat myself. LOL

Am I crazy????? Hmmmmmm ha ha ha ha ha ha HUGS - Godspeed .... goodnight

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LL's avatar

Throw him in jail and let him serve from jail. Why are we all expected to follow the law and he is not?

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Terry L. Johnson's avatar

Military charges for Treason is a optional amount of Details War power aactivated by Biden

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Terry L. Johnson's avatar

We need to Clean up tiptoes Maga Republicans in Government Justice system points L aware or not going anywhere

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Shelly Petts's avatar

Well, dictator vibes....

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Laura Digati's avatar

tRump breaks the law daily. I mean every single day he does something that is criminal. They never do anything about it. They just keep letting him break the law. WHY? I do not know. Just pick a law he broke, there are many to choose from. Pick the scumbag up and put him in jail. Keep doing this over and over again till you run out of criminal actions he has made. It will probably never end because he's a daily criminal. Tie him up in so much litigation it drives him even more crazy. We have every right to keep arresting him till he is sworn in. Everyday he keeps getting arrested. Oh, that would be so satisfying! 😄

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Teri's avatar

But will any judge or attorney ever actually hold Trump and/or his cohorts accountable for anything?

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Kimberly Montgomery (CA)'s avatar

Trump cannot pardon himself for state crimes. I say he needs to be sentenced and that sentence begins Day 1 after he leaves the WH.

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Terri Mac's avatar

He'll be dead by then. Guess he'll serve his sentence in hell, with Hitler.

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Lady Emsworth's avatar

Nobody expected the Spanish Inquisition - but I'm surprised nobody seems to have expected trump to act like a thorough- going thug. There are procedures in place that enforce these protocols - and trump just walked through them all like they were cobwebs. Nobody thought to say "And if you don't follow these protocols immediately and to the letter, the person running for President will immediately be taken out to the back yard of the White House and shot" - because nobody thought they had to.

Shame.

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Teri D's avatar

But why should he care! He hasn’t suffered any consequences for his actions ever in his life! He will continue to break every law he can now that he’s immune from anything he does!

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Philip Miller's avatar

And nothing will be decided. No one has been capable of reigning him in. Marchan could have saved us. The entire judiciary has failed us. And it is about to get much worse. Let us dispense with the quaint notion that no one is above the law.

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Lady Emsworth's avatar

H'mm.

And if the trump team responds to these critiques with "What are you gonna do about it?" - what ARE you going to do about it? And by "you" I mean - anybody? Who has the power AND spine to pick up on this and run with it BEFORE Jan. 20th?

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Ruth Johnson's avatar

Love this Popok💙 Awesome work! Have regained some hope 🌞

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LAB999's avatar

I share your frustration, but he's a criminal so expecting him to act like an upstanding citizen??? Serious waste of time. If he is breaking the law, why is our democracy not suing him? Why has our democracy let us down and let him roll over us? Get your frustration out, but we should be more frustrated democracy is not working on this threat to her. He's taking democracy because he can. You're not frustrated with trump, you're frustrated, like many of us that our democracy doesn't stop him! Seriously, let's call this with what's really happening.

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Lea's avatar

Maybe they want to be hacked.

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chev_chelios's avatar

the current administration and the DOJ play by fair and decent rules....as opposed to tRump and the far right GOP maggots....With the Dems, they are always showing up to a gunfight with a butter knife and a box of kleenx.....the Repubs, always bringing AK-47's, brass knuckles, mace and switchblades....Our current AG is a joke, always not wanting to look biased or political....if he had a set of balls 4 years ago, we all may be in a different and better place right now....not to mention the total idiots that had no idea what they were voting for when they voted for tRump.....well, be very careful what you wish for, you all may not like what you get.....as in right now.

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Daniel King's avatar

The most infamous sore losers, are apparently sore whinners(sic) t'boot?

Projection.

Projection.

Projection.

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Jesse Garcia's avatar

It’s true that all long-shelf-life packaged “foods” have so many additives that they can stand a nuclear blast, and the message was there not so long ago when health-conscious communities urged the public to eat whole foods. I learned that from kindergarten through my senior year of high school. The nutrition information is out there and has been hammered in our heads for decades, but now, people don’t want to be told to do so. It’s like spoiled children who don’t want to hear what is best for their bodies and minds. People want a quick fix to their problems. They aren't considering the consequences and long-term effects of their poor choices. I would even say that the population that voted Trump into office did so for the same reason: they just want a quick fix.

People have forgotten that they were doing better four years ago because many Americans received a financial boost from the COVID relief subsidies. When those subsidies stopped, inflation kept rising.

As for the checks and balances, it’s going to be tilted far to the right because of the Republicans controlled congress and White House. Those guys will be pressured by the lobbying machines corporate greed doing little to stop manufacturers from loading the supply chain with chemicals.

When Trump won last time, I told myself to give him a chance. The guardrails of the Democratic Congress and the levelheaded Republican Cabinet helped slow some Trumps twisted agenda. I am certainly not holding my breath this time!

I would have rather had you anywhere near the White House than RFKjr!

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Janin Paine's avatar

Trump continues to lie and break the law. We all know this. The question is what are we going to do about it? How are the Democrats going to engage people in a positive way? The people I know who voted for Trump say the economy will be fabulous now and it was terrible before or that they think the Democrats are one big corporate lobby or they are think the Democrats are infringing on people's civil rights and trying to control everyone or Kamala Harris slept herself to the top or other such nonsense. The Republicans captured the narrative. Complaining about Trump doesn't make any difference to them. Bernie Sanders was on the right track.

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Terri Mac's avatar

Maga is beginning to open their eyes. Realizing how higher tarrifs will affect them, for a start. This country will go to hell unless the lawyers and military intervene. Hopefully, the lawyers and military will intercede but if not, Maga will eventually revolt.

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Brandon Borchardt's avatar

Who says they have to sign the transition agreement? If they don't sign it, there not entering into the contract and don't have to abide by it. And it depends on who's side your on to much government control with the Democrats and the 1% of the 1% that's behind and controlling everything to try and establish the New world order

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Donna R Mathre's avatar

Ehen has he ever no respect for our constitution or any thing else but ebil we should have trird him for tresson snd executrd him he is pure ebil snf nothing will stop himfrom trying to destroy America and he has lots of help

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Terri Mac's avatar

tRump said the constitution was "a piece of trash" before he placed his hand on a bible and swore to protect and defend it. He should never have been allowed to run for office because he had no intention of honoring the vow.

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Donna R Mathre's avatar

Trump is the trash

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The sentencing was delayed and delayed and was scheduled for the 26th of November. And then Tuesday happened. And as we expected, the lawyers for Donald Trump were going to try to throw a monkey wrench and avoid the sentencing. But in the letter that they just wrote, to the judge, the email that we just got a copy of,